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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Orbital period : 14.85 years

NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements


On 2015 May 11 04h04 UT by Jean-Francois Soulier


(Copyright Jean-Francois Soulier)

Nuclear magnitude (m2)14.8
m2 standard deviation0.1
Aperture radius used for m24.1 "
Coma diameter0.7 '
r (dist/Sun) 6.045 AU
d (dist/Earth) 5.232 AU
Right ascension17 53 40.50 h m s
Declination-31 44 53.9 ° ' "
MPC report
COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [amaury@spaceobs.com]
OBS A. Maury, J.-F. Soulier
MEA J.-F. Soulier
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.05.11 05:04:11
AC2 amaury@spaceobs.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2015 05 11.16968 17 53 40.50 -31 44 53.9          14.7 N      W96
0029P         C2015 05 11.18421 17 53 40.19 -31 44 54.8          14.8 N      W96
Instrument typeRitchey-Chretien
Instrument aperture (0=naked eye)400 mm
Instrument focale length3200 mm
Instrument focale/diameter8
Filter(s)None
CameraQHY
SensorCCD
Sensor temperature-35 °C
Binning2x2
MountPARAMOUNT
AutoguideYes
Exposure details20 x 60s
Moon elongation50 °
Air mass1.35
Observatory MPC codeW96
LocationSan Pedro de Atacama, Chili
Reference stars catalogUCAC-4
Used softwaresASTROMETRICA
Resulting picture sampling (scale)0.69 "/pix
Observation submission date2015 May 11 09h06m26s
Observation modification date2015 May 11 09h13m13s

(Record n° 13837)

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